Part 1611

<blockquote>Now I have him under girdle I'll <b>cap</b> verses with him to the end of the chapter. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In <i>capping</i> verses, when one quotes a verse another must <i>cap</i> it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.</note>

<h1>Cap</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To uncover the head respectfully.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Capability</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca`pa*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Capabilities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>capability</b> to take a thousand views of a subject. <i>H. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capacity of being used or improved.</def>

<h1>Capable</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca"pa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>capable</ets>, LL. <ets>capabilis</ets> capacious, capable, fr. L. <ets>caper</ets> to take, contain. See <er>Heave</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; <as>as, a room <ex>capable</ex> of holding a large number; a castle <ex>capable</ex> of resisting a long assault.</as></def>

<blockquote>Concious of jou and <b>capable</b> of pain. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; <as>as, a <ex>capable</ex> instructor; a <ex>capable</ex> judge; a mind <ex>capable</ex> of nice investigations.</as></def>

<blockquote>More <b>capable</b> to discourse of battles than to give them. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Possessing legal power or capacity; <as>as, a man <ex>capable</ex> of making a contract, or a will</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Capacious; large; comprehensive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Capable</i> is usually followed by <i>of</i>, sometimes by an infinitive.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Able; competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; skillful.</syn>

<h1>Capableness</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca"pa*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.</def>

<h1>Capacify</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pac"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capacified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>capax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, capacious + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To quality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The benefice he is <b>capacified</b> and designed for. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Capacious</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pa"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capaz</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, fr. <ets>capere</ets> to take. See <er>Heave</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; <as>as, a <ex>capacious</ex> vessel, room, bay, or harbor</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In the <b>capacious</b> recesses of his mind. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.</def> "A <i>capacious</i> mind."